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<p>AP - Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the strategy in early 2007.
AP - Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.
AP - Rescue legislation sailed through the House Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and to prevent troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from collapsing.
</a>AP - Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.
AP - About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers.
AP - A woman walking her two dogs in a rural area of Southern California was attacked and severely injured by a bear, but managed to escape and drive herself to a nearby fire station.
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Keep salting it away
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Americans need to be salting away a lot more for their retirement. In fact, a whole lot more than you think.
Here's one estimate: Older Americans need to save 35 percent of income to create the ideal nest egg.
So why are Americans not saving and preparing for their financial future, and what will it take to get Americans to set aside money for their golden years? |
02 Apr 2004 by VicLavigne
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All About IRA's
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The Individual Retirement Account (IRA) brings together two tremendously powerful forces, both of which benefit you: 1) compound interest, and 2) tax savings.
If you've got money that you can afford to invest for the long term, there's really no reason not to open an IRA. Lethargy is not a good reason. Inertia is not a good reason. Keeping your eyes wide shut about your future is not a good reason. Compound interest becomes even more powerful when it is not held back by the drag coefficient of taxes.
Read the entire article here. |
21 Mar 2004 by VicLavigne
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Wave of Viruses Continues
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While hackers bicker back and forth, all users want is an end to the torrent of worms that's ravaged the Internet this week.
While it's not difficult to stymie one worm, it's a different story when that one becomes a tsunami that just keeps coming, security analysts said Thursday as they offered advice. Unfortunately, said Ken Dunham, director of malicious code research at iDefense, "there's no single magic bullet and no comprehensive patch against all of these new worms."
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05 Mar 2004 by VicLavigne
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Internet Parasites
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‘Parasite’ is a shorthand term for “unsolicited commercial software” — that is, a program that gets installed on your computer which you never asked for, and which does something you probably don’t want it to, for someone else’s profit.
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04 Mar 2004 by VicLavigne
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FBI issues fraud email warning
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FBI issues fraud email warning
By Rob Lever in Washington
THE FBI and consumer organisations issued a warning today about a growing fraud scheme involving e-mails that lure people to fake websites to collect sensitive personal or financial data.
The scam involves e-mail that links users to sites that are designed to look like legitimate sites and deceive consumers into revealing credit card or bank account numbers or other sensitive data. |
01 Mar 2004 by VicLavigne
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Tending Your Computer Security
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With new viruses and malware being generated ever week, it's a good idea to update all your security utilities and scan your systems. |
29 Feb 2004 by VicLavigne
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